Two House committees are investigating procedures for security clearances.
A directive by President Donald Trump to give son-in-law Jared Kushner top secret security clearance didn’t sit well with then-chief of staff Gen. John Kelly, who went on to document it in writing through an internal memo, according to the Washington Post.
“In 2018, White House and security clearance officials affirmed that Mr. Kushner’s security clearance was handled in the regular process with no pressure from anyone,” Peter Mirijanian, a spokesperson for Lowell, told the New York Times on Thursday. “That was conveyed to the media at the time, and new stories, if accurate, do not change what was affirmed at the time.”
Kushner’s upgrade to top-secret security clearance from interim status raised flags among top intelligence officials because of his family’s real estate ties to foreign countries and his reported involvement in meeting with officials from other countries, according to the Times. The Times report goes on to say that Kushner, during his background check for clearance, didn’t convey his meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential campaign for his father-in-law.
Now that Democrats have taken back the House, they are digging to find any compliance issues with Kushner’s top secret approval.
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